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Content substantially addressing infertility.
Guest Post: A careless dinner-party remark, years of infertility, fostering, and embryo adoption taught Kirsten Upadhye why adoption isn’t a cure for childlessness, and what it reflects instead
Read →Senate Democrats suggested that abortion pills don’t threaten America’s water supply, but mifepristone in drinking water could potentially lead to infertility.
Read →Grindr CEO George Arison is lobbying to expand access to IVF and surrogacy by advocating for fertility service costs to be fully tax-deductible, surrogacy coverage through insurance, and an infertility definition inclusive of homosexual couples. Grindr has supported these practices for years, including covering IVF and surrogacy costs in its employee benefits package since 2024, highlighting their importance to homosexuals seeking children.
Read →Hannah Strege, known as the world’s first snowflake baby, was conceived as a frozen embryo from an IVF process and later adopted by parents struggling with infertility. She challenges the notion that embryos are property, advocating for the recognition of their humanity and criticizing IVF practices that treat embryos as excess or unwanted, emphasizing that she was never property but somebody's child.
Read →The Alabama Supreme Court's 2024 IVF decision extended personhood to human embryos for the purpose of a 'Wrongful Death of a Minor' lawsuit, bringing IVF, surrogacy, and infertility issues to the forefront of national discussion. As political parties positioned themselves as 'pro-parent, pro-IVF,' many evangelicals began to reconsider their views on these topics, questioning the assumption that IVF is inherently pro-life because it creates life.
Read →In-vitro gametogenesis (IVG) is an emerging technology that creates sperm or egg cells from adult cells, allowing children to have one, multiple, or same-sex genetic parents, and its development has been aided by research using aborted babies and IVF-produced embryos. The IVF industry has contributed to the acceptance of embryo commodification and destruction, while proponents of IVG and IVF advocate for redefining infertility to include 'social infertility' and expanding access to reproductive technologies regardless of biological limitations.
Read →Waters distinguishes egg freezing from embryo freezing while examining how fertility preservation can lead into ethically contested IVF practices. She urges Christian women to weigh medical, theological and pro-life concerns before using fertility technology.
Read →“A study inspired by Students for Life’s clean water advocacy shows that our concerns are valid. In three cities where water was tested, the active metabolites of mifepristone, the Chemical Abortion Pill, were in the water. We need the EPA to nationalize this examination, especially in light of so many struggling with infertility,” said Students for Life’s Kristan Hawkins. “You ... Read More The post Peer Reviewed Study Out: Testing Shows Abortion Drug Mifepristone In Drinking Water appeared first on Students for Life of America .
Read →IVF is not ethically acceptable—and it doesn’t actually treat the underlying causes of infertility. In this episode, pro-life OB-GYN Dr. Monique Ruberu explains ethical issues with in vitro fertilization, how the procedure works, and how root-cause fertility care offers a path that actually heals underlying health conditions. Dr. Ruberu walks through ovarian stimulation, egg retrieval,… The post IVF Is Not Ethical—And It Doesn’t Cure Underlying Fertility Issues | Dr. Monique Ruberu appeared first on Human Life International .
Read →Rising infertility and dropping birth rates are a plague to the American family. As many search for solutions, there may be an undiagnosed factor: Chemical Abortion Pills in our water. In an op-ed at the Washington Examiner, Students for Life of America (SFLA) President Kristan Hawkins raises an important consideration for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as infertility takes over public discourse. “Looking for reasons, experts point fingers at everything ... Read More The post To Address Possible Causes of Infertility, the EPA Must Look at Chemical Abortion Pills in Our Water: Krista
Read →Waters challenges the claim that IVF is automatically pro-life because it can result in births. She focuses on embryos that are frozen, discarded or genetically selected and argues that pro-life ethics must account for every embryo created.
Read →An SFLA-led Campaign to Track Endocrine Disrupting Mifepristone in America’s Water Gains New Leaders “Because of negligent FDA policy and the failure to enforce the Comstock Act, more than 50 tons of chemically tainted blood, placenta tissue, and human remains go into our waterways every year. With infertility on the rise, we need to know: what is the extent of the ... Read More The post Students for Life Applauds 14 State Attorneys General Calling on the EPA to Track Abortion Water Pollution: “You don’t have to be Pro-Life to want Clean Drinking Water” appeared first on Students for Life of A
Read →Waters examines falling birth rates alongside the growth of IVF and fertility technology. She argues for a pro-life approach that addresses underlying infertility while scrutinizing embryo creation, loss and industry incentives.
Read →Waters introduces Rethinking Fertility as a project examining infertility and reproductive technology from a life-affirming Christian perspective. She argues that a consistent belief that life begins at conception requires greater scrutiny of IVF, embryo selection, freezing and destruction.
Read →Andersen argues that the pro-life movement has not consistently applied its belief that life begins at conception to IVF practices. She calls for greater attention to embryo destruction, freezing and selection while maintaining compassion for families experiencing infertility.
Read →‘Abortion is Human Sacrifice’ National Campus Tour kicked off at Texas Tech Tuesday. For media inquiries, contact media@studentsforlife.org. “The media is schizophrenic when it comes to babies. On the one hand they say there’s an infertility crisis, but on the other, they say there’s a lack of abortion. We need to build a culture that welcomes children, and we need to recognize what abortion ... Read More The post Kristan Hawkins BACK On Campus with Groundbreaking Spring Speaking Tour appeared first on Students for Life of America .
Read →In an age of IVF, embryo selection, and a rapidly expanding fertility industry, couples facing infertility are often given a clear message: if you want a child badly enough, technology can make it happen. But what if that’s not the whole story? What if infertility is not just a medical condition to be solved but a profound personal, relational, and even spiritual trial? And what if a life without biological children can still be deeply meaningful and truly fruitful? In this episode of Bioethics Babe, I sit down with Leigh Snead, author of Infertile but Fruitful, fellow with the Catholic Associ
Read →IVF was introduced as a way to address infertility, even though it is fraught with ethical problems. But today, it increasingly involves grading embryos, screening genetic traits, and deciding which embryos are chosen. Are we entering an era where reproduction becomes human design? In this episode, Harvard-trained biochemist Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D., explains how modern IVF increasingly involves eugenic practices. We examine: As IVF expands beyond infertility “treatment” and into optimization, urgent questions emerge about human dignity, disability, and the moral limits of reproductive technolog
Read →Andersen argues that IVF counseling often gives insufficient attention to the moral and emotional consequences of creating surplus embryos. She frames frozen or discarded embryos as human lives and urges patients to consider those implications before treatment.
Read →Geiger and Carlson argue that pro-life responses to IVF policy should distinguish embryo-protection concerns from other religious or ethical objections. They recommend compassion toward people experiencing infertility and discuss alternatives whose medical claims require separate clinical review.
Read →Trasancos criticizes policies encouraging IVF and explains Catholic objections involving embryo protection, marital procreation, and the rights of children. She urges Catholics to defend embryonic human life while supporting adoption and approaches intended to restore fertility.
Read →IVF has made a business of violating the rights of children. It circumvents, rather than heals, infertility. Infertility is heartbreaking for married couples who desperately want to welcome a baby into their family. These couples deserve compassion, but never at the cost of children’s right to life and right to their mother and father. President Trump’s executive order aims to make IVF more affordable and accessible. But IVF, as it is currently practiced, rampantly victimizes children. Only around 2.3% of lab-created babies will be born alive. The vast majority will be genetically screened, se
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